The wife and son went from Mariupol to Prague for seven days, describes Igor Smagliy, a native of the port city | iROZHLAS
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Igor Smagliy was in India. The 35-year-old director of several Ukrainian branches of the World Step IT Training Center has opened a new school there.
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Before the war, the Computer Academy had 160 schools around the world, from primary to tertiary. Of these, about 60 in Ukraine and Russia. There were now a total of 106. In Russia, it is necessary to close due to the imposed sanctions, in Ukraine for security reasons.
The wife and son went from Mariupol to Prague for seven days, says Igor Smagliy, a 35-year-old Mariupol native.
The largest branch in Mariupol, attended by 1,500 students, leveled the Russian army to the ground. They do not yet have any information about the second school in the city.
“Several of our colleagues died there. We still have no information about some of them. Mariupol is without a signal, without the internet, but mainly without food, water, electricity and heat, “she describes with tears in Smaglia’s eyes.
“When the war broke out, my wife and son were in Mariupol. After about 14 days of fighting, they set out. They couldn’t leave anymore, so they took the train. But the trip to Prague took seven days, “he tells Radiožurnál.
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The train ran for several hours, but then stopped again for several hours. Due to sirens and relentless shooting. The wife traveled with her son first to western Ukraine, then to Warsaw in Poland and from there to Prague.
After arriving in the Czech capital, she described what was happening in Mariupol: “People there have nothing to eat or drink. They drink water from puddles, gutters, they melt snow. We didn’t have a chance to take a shower for a month, diseases began to spread in the shelters, there were no medicines, the toilets were on the street. But when you come out of the shelter, you risk your life. “Another bomb can come at any time.”
Igor Smagliy is convinced that the destroyed schools in Mariupol will be rebuilt. But the city itself is so ruined that, according to him, it should stand somewhere next to a completely new one.
“After the outbreak of war, other branches around the world came together and immediately began to organize humanitarian aid. For example, they offered Ukrainian friends and students accommodation, computers and continuing online lessons. We are one huge family in the world, “concludes Igor Smagliy.
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